The innovation is the main locomotive of the economic growth and competitiveness. The understanding about innovation … process has updated in last decades. The innovation concept not only includes the innovation, but also increases innovation … at the level of the market and even at the organizational level. The interactive models of innovation process are put …

organization, technology, infrastructures, product design). On the other hand, the capacity of innovation can be perceived by the … Portugal and other European countries, over all, during the decade of 90. An analysis for sector is made still. One verifies … Portugal, concluding that Portugal presents an enterprise structure predominantly based on small and very small companies, a …

Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given …

Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given …

Economic competitiveness is today, more than ever, related to business innovation capacity. Given this fact, the …

The global competition in innovation has significantly intensified over the past decades. New large countries like … accelerating the integration of the previ-ously predominant national innovation systems towards a European Innovation Union the … European Commission is aiming to make significant progress as part of the 2020 strategy. By creating regional innovation …

regional innovative systems. This composite indicator may be used for measurement of the regions innovative lavel. Proposed …